It's only been six days and nights since Defensa y Justicia fought Argentinos Juniors and the score was 2-0. Can they get the points hosting Estudiantes?
- Defensa y Justicia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Estudiantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Defensa y Justicia and Estudiantes should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Defensa y Justicia form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Estadio Norberto Tito Tomaghello as Defensa y Justicia have scored 14 goals to get 14 points from 7 games. The overall stats in the Superliga are 4-2-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Luis Ezequiel Unsain not having conceded a league goal in 225 minutes.
A strong away win for Justicia against Argentinos Juniors the last match, as Nicolás Tripichio and Walter Bou were on target. Nicolás Tripichio, defender, was given a rating of 8.25/10 in that game, top of the team. Tripichio scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and won 7 of 9 duels.
Previous to that game, a home match hosting Talleres Cordoba in a game that was won 3-0.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Defensa y Justicia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eight matches with the results: Won two, drawn five and lost one.
There will be little rest for Justicia after this match as they are travelling to Patronato for a Superliga game in only four days.
Goals decide football matches and Justicia are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 7 league matches. Justicia's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Estudiantes form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Superliga travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. With three draws in a row for Estudiantes the feeling in the team is perhaps one of both relief and disappointment.
Estudiantes's last game was the home draw against Rosario Central (2-2). The draw against Rosario Central came from a losing position. The Estudiantes manager R. Zielinski brought on Jaime Ayoví as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Fernando Zuqui got a match rating of 7.94 in that game, top player of the team. Zuqui hit five key passes and had 31 successful passes (of 35 total).
Before that, Estudiantes travelled to Racing Club and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Estudiantes in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Estudiantes, three draws and four defeats.
Estudiantes are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 13 times in 8 away games so far. Estudiantes have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Defensa y Justicia three wins, one draw and Estudiantes one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Bou 7 goals |   L. Castro Cáceres 7 goals | F. Pizzini 5 goals |
Defensa y Justicia missing players
Estudiantes missing players
| Defensa y Justicia | Estudiantes | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 29 |
| 8 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| 9 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 10 |
| 11 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 33 | 25 | 6 | Scored | S | 8 | 24 | 40 |
| 33 | 14 | 3 | Conceded | C | 2 | 15 | 25 |
| 82% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 64% | 71% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 93% | 76% |
| 46% | 50% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 43% | 31% |
| 25% | 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 21% | 17% |
| 14% | 21% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 46% | 50% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 38% |
| 36% | 36% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 80% | 36% | 45% |
| 36% | 21% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 14% | 28% |
| 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| 2.4 | 2.1 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.2 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | 9.7 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11 | 10.1 | 10.7 |
| 3.5 | 4.1 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 |
| 33% | 44% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 35% | 29% |
- Defensa y Justicia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Estudiantes have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Estudiantes haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | River Plate | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 33 |
| 2 | Talleres Cordoba | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 29 |
| 3 | Estudiantes | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 4 | Lanús | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 2 | 26 |
| 5 | Velez Sarsfield | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 24 |
| 6 | Boca Juniors | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 24 |
| 7 | Independiente | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Racing Club | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 |
| 9 | Huracán | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 |
| 10 | Defensa y Justicia | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
| 11 | Godoy Cruz | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 21 |
| 12 | Argentinos Juniors | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21 |
| 13 | Colon | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 20 |
| 14 | Sarmiento | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -1 | 19 |
| 15 | Unión Santa Fe | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -5 | 18 |
| 16 | Rosario Central | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | -1 | 17 |
| 17 | San Lorenzo | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -3 | 17 |
| 18 | Gimnasia La Plata | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 17 |
| 19 | Platense | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | -2 | 16 |
| 20 | Newell's Old Boys | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 16 |
| 21 | Atletico Tucuman | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 16 |
| 22 | Patronato | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 15 |
| 23 | Banfield | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 14 |
| 24 | Aldosivi | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -13 | 13 |
| 25 | Central Cordoba SdE | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 11 |
| 26 | Arsenal de Sarandi | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 14 | -14 | 11 |